What has happened or may happen in the local music scene
As 2024 came to an end, we learned of the passing of WOAS-FM’s founder and first General Manager Thomas G. Lee (March 9, 1939 – November 26, 2024). Tom and I both began our service for the Ontonagon Area School District in the Fall of 1975 (he as the high school librarian and me […]
In several past From the Vaults I have talked about what a cool music town Marquette was to grow up in. Featured prominently in those memories was the band Walrus. I will come back to the mechanics of how guitarist Mike McKelvy and I reconnected in the next FTV. Mike sent me an extensive version […]
Okay future trivia players. The last live DJ heard on WOAS FM 88.5 was…the photo is a hint. Friday night DJ Lee ‘The Night flyer’ McCaffrey signed the station off at 10 p.m. on Friday June 14, 2024. The paper work for a new frequency is being filed at this time so we […]
This is our old friend Al Jacquez and his wife Judy – Al was put in the Michigan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Bay City in 2024. We have followed his career since Savage Grace, Measured Chaos, and most recently as a solo artist performing his ONE VOICE – ONE GUITAR set. The […]
WOAS-FM Awards for 2023-24 Student volunteers from the Ontonagon Area Schools were recently recognized for their contributions to WOAS-FM 88.5. The radio station is owned by the school district and operates from the studios located in the K-12 school library. Some of the service awards bear the names of past WOAS-FM managers in honor of […]
The day FTV: Name That Tune came out in the Ontonagon Herald (March 13, 2024), my phone rang. On the other end of the line was one of Ontonagon’s favorite singers, Jim Brogan. He said, “You know that little quiz in the paper? I can’t believe you couldn’t identify Under the Boardwalk!” For those of […]
Perhaps you have tuned in to our website and wondered why the sound is so thin on the audio . . . let me condense this the best I can. Our server decided it was beyond its shelf life right after we had a big power outage in the area. Oh, the backup battery kept […]
Every other year or so, we like to run a recap of WOAS-FM events from the recent past. This time it will be a little different as the year 2023 leaves us and makes way for 2024. We have a lot to look back on and are counting our blessings for what has turned […]
Greetings – things are taking shape – we are running our new transmitter at 88.5 at 50 watts until we get the new equipment bay here – due to arrive in Mid-October. Moving the electronics from the hard to reach upper shelf where they have been since our last remodel in 1998 will make things […]
First, let me apologize in advance for how many times we are going to say ‘Thank You’ in this FTV. There are only so many words that can fit what happened to WOAS-FM 88.5 in the past five months but the most important two are ‘Thank You’. We would be remiss to not thank […]